It's been a while...

sorry not been in a particularly chatty mood recently - lots going on but I have still been doing a bit of crafting here and there.

Here is card I made for my friend who is the big 50 on Thursday:

as you can tell she is one of my sewing buddies!

I have also been having a play with masks and masking fluid recently - nothing is particularly finished but here are a couple of my works in progress:

this is done using Tim's dies, masking fluid, a couple of distress inks and a script stamp.  I don't know if any of you watch Bored To Death which is a quirky little detective show that is on Sky Atlantic - it's actually worth watching just for Ted Danson who plays a fantastic odd ball character in it.  Well anyway the starting titles are just a fantastic piece of artwork - they start off with a detective novel book cover then go on to an animated sequence which is what I have tried to replicate above (this is my second attempt) basically the houses and street lamp are pencil drawings and my reindeer is actually a man on the original and they are all coloured in with varying amounts of script - I did a pencil drawing but the images are a lot clearer with the backgrounds inked with a light distress ink first - not sure which one to go with or what do with them yet - I am thinking of making a larger version as a picture for the house and will probably turn the above into a Christmas card.  I have made several other backgrounds using masking fluid - I actually bought it for part of my art course but have found it to be great used in conjunction with masks.  I have no mojo at the moment though so nothing is getting finished.

Here is another background I have prepared just using a creative expressions mask and some masking tape:

goes well with my tablecloth doesnt it!  Will probably put some London ephermera on this using my London stamps - we shall see.

A big hello to rhiannynn - thanks for following me :)

Thanks for looking - Tired from Solihull